Shoe-heel



A. WEDEIN AND J. P. STEVENS.

SHOE HEEL.

APPLICATION HLED FEB. H, 1920.

Patented July 27, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

AUGUST WEDEIN AND JOHN PERCY STEVENS, F MASON CITY, IOWA.

SHOE-HE L.

Specification of Letters Patent. P ate ted July 27 192( Application filed February 11, 1920. Serial No. 357,993.

' tion, novel arrangement and operation of the various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

T he principal object of our invention is to provide a shoe heel which shall be extremely light in weight, very strong, simple and inovpe'nsive in construction, v durable and highly efficient in use, with its parts so made and arranged for ready application to or detachably'interloclring with a boot or shoe, thereby enabling a heel to be quickly attached to and removed from the shoe to permit the heel to be renewed, or to allow different kinds,heights or styles of heels to be used, or for any other purpose;

A. further object of the invention is to provide means for securely affixing the heel to the shoe in such a way as to firmly and securely hold its upper portion in close or tight contact therewith, or in such a manner as to prevent disfiguration of the shoe by the heel becoming separated therefrom at its upper portion or gapping, which is an objection to such heels which have heretofore been in general use.

A still further object of tlie invention is 1 to provide means for cooperation with the insole and counter of the shoe as to firmly grip or clamp the same to the heel. A still f rther object is to provide means to reinforce or strengthen the shank of the shoe in front of the upper portion of the heel thereby preventing the same bending as ordinarily occurs.

, Still another object is to provide improved "means for fastening thetop-lift to the base of the heel.

Other objects and advantages of, the invention will be disclosed in the subjoined description and explanation.

In the. accompanying drawing, which serves to illustrate an embodiment of the invention-- Figure 1 is a rear view in elevation of a WEDEIN and portion of a shoe with a heel embodying our I improvements mountedin place thereon.

a Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Big. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Fig. 3 is atop plan view of the heel showing it detached from the shoe. V 1 Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of a portion of the heel part of a shoe,, showing a plate mounted thereon for interlocking or detachable engagement with the upper rear portion of the heel, and

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the base of the heel showing the recess therein for the reception of a washer or member to which thetop-lift may be secured. I

Like numerals of reference refer to 'corre-' sponding parts throughout the different Views of the drawing.

The reference numeral 7 designates the heel'or rear portion of a shoe which shoe may be of the ordinary or any well known construction, and has secured to the bottom of the insole 8 near the rear portion thereof a plate or member 9 which as shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawing is substantially semicircular in shape and'has its curved periphery located concentrically with the outer rear edge of the part 8 of the shoe, but at a slight distance therefrom.

. This plate is by preference securedto the member 8 by means of a series of rivets or brads 10 some of which are arranged in a circular row at a distance from the curved periphery of said plate, thus permitting the edge of the plate 9or that portion thereof between its circular edge and the rivets 10 to be spaced from the member 8 of the shoe as heel of the shoe is designated as a whole by the reference numeral 15, and is by preference made of aluminum on account of its lightness, durability and strength.

As is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing, the heel is solid from its base vided with an inwardly extended ledge 17' which has its forward or front edge curved as is clearly shown inv Fig. 3 of the drawing. This ledge is wedge shaped as shown in Fig. 2-, that is to say, it tapers from its rear portion forwardly and'is'for the purpose of engaging tor interlocking with the rear portion of the plate 9 which isslightly' deflected downwardly as shown atl8 in F igQ 2 of the drawing; The solid portion of the heel is provided centrally thereof with a vertical screw-threaded opening 19 for the reception and engagement of the screw 12 when the heel is placed in position on the shoe and saidscrew is tightened. The plate 14 extends forwardly of the front edge of theupperportion of the heel as is clearly shown'in Fig. 2 and thus serves to reinforce the shank of the shoe at said point and thereby prevent bending of the same which ordinarily occurs. V

It will be, understood that the plate 14 overlies the insole and the inturned' portions of the counter and. upper of the shoe'and that when the heel is positioned as shown in Fig. 2 said parts will be tightly clamped between the plate 14 and the upper portion of the heel in which position the heel will be securely held by means of the screw 12. A piece of felt or leather 20 can be placed on the upper surface of the plate M if de sired, so as to prevent the hosiery of the wearer coming in. contact with said plate.

The base or lower end of the heel'lo is provided with a substantially horse-shoe thereinwith a vertical screw-threaded open ing '23 for the reception of a small'screw 24 usedgfor securing iii-"place on said base a top-lift 25 of leather or other suitable material, and an aluminum or metal disk 26 which is interposed between the top-lift 25, and the base and is used to hold more v securely the washer or piece of fiber 22 or the like in the recess 21 of 'theheel. This washer of fiber or the like isemployed for the reception of.nai]s or spikes27 driven through the top-lift 25atthe edge of the disk 26 and into the washer 22 so as to i firmly secure the top-lift in position.

By the foregoingconstruction, and an rangement of the parts, it will be. undervented.

stood and clearly'seen that the heelwill be closely and securely held in contact with the heel portion of the shoe and in such a manner that there will be no gapping or separation of the heel from'the shoe" at either its front or rear portion, and that any turning movement of the heel will be absolutely pre- It is obvious that the heel can be made in all the different shapes and can be enameled, or covered with material to match the shoe or otherwise treated externally for appearances sake.

o l-having: thus. fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire :to secure by Letters Patent is r '1. 'A shoe comprising a heel having at it upper rear portion within the walls thereof a forwardly extended ledge and with a vertically disposed screw-threaded opening, a

plate secured on the lower surface of the heel portion of a shoe and having its rearportion free of the shoe to engage said ledge, another plate located on the inner surface of the heel portion of the insole and having an opening therein to register with the opening in the heel and a screw extended through the opening. in the last named plate, the insole and. engaging the opening in the heels 7 2. A shoe comprising ajheel having at its upper rear portion within the walls there of a forwardlyextended ledge, the same being tapered forwardly, the heel also having a vertically disposed screw-threaded opening located in front of said ledge, a plate! secured on the'lowersurface of the heel portion of a shoe and havingits rear portion free of the shoe to engage said ledge, another plate located on the inner surface of the heel portion of the insole and coinciding in outlines therewith, said plate having an opening to register with the opening in the heel and extended forwardly of the front upper portion of the heel and a screw extended through the opening in the jlastnamed plate, the insole and engaging the opening in the heel.

3. A shoe consisting of a metal heel hav-. Hlg in its base a segmental recess and a vertical screw-threaded opening, a washer of fiber or the like closely fitted in said recess with its outer surface about flush with the base of the heel,,an apertured metal plate located on the base of the heel with its opening in registcrwith the opening in the latter, a top-lift located on the last named plate and having an opening therein to, register with the other named openingsand V a screw located in said openings;

AUGUST WEDEIN.

JOHN PERCY STEVENS. 

